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  2. Created By
    Leigh Graham
    Boston, MA
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For nearly 35 years, women in this country have had the right to obtain safe, legal abortion care. However, bans on Medicaid coverage for abortion have taken away the ability of low-income women to exercise this right. Since 1976, the Hyde Amendment has prohibited federal Medicaid funding for abortion in almost all circumstances.

The Hyde Amendment is fundamentally unfair by denying poor women the right to abortion simply because they cannot afford it.

It is time for Congress to repeal the Hyde Amendment and restore Medicaid coverage for abortion. We must close the gap between the legal right to abortion and genuine access to care.

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Repeal the Hyde Amendment Now!

Dear President Obama, Senators, & Representative

It is time for Congress to repeal the Hyde Amendment and restore Medicaid coverage for abortion. We must close the gap between the legal right to abortion and genuine access to care. I call on my Senators and House members to repeal the Hyde Amendment and ensure dignity and justice for all women. I also call on President Obama to publicly support the repeal of this Amendment, to lead his Congress to find the courage to take this bold stand, just as he encouraged the House recently to pass much needed & historic healthcare reform.

We can no longer abide by the fundamental inequality in access to abortion for poor women due solely to their economic status. For nearly 35 years, women in this country have had the right to obtain safe, legal abortion care. Yet, the Hyde Amendment has denied low-income American women this fundamental right, and further inequitable restrictions are using Hyde as their justification and foundation.

30 Years is long enough. Please act on creating and passing legislation to repeal the Hyde Amendment NOW.

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